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WHUS52 KKEY 261954
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
354 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
* AT 353 PM EDT, A WATERSPOUT ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BIG PINE SHOAL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE VESSELS AND CREATE
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34
KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LOOE KEY LIGHT, BIG PINE SHOAL, AND COOKS ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2446 8138 2462 8143 2463 8140 2462 8140
2462 8139 2463 8139 2463 8136 2464 8135
2466 8125 2454 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 319DEG 1KT 2462 8130
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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